The family-PC classic — now it sings
PALAT
पलट · flip it overGood old Reversi. Every disc is a note. Trap a line and it flips — and you hear the interval turn upside down. G up to B is a major 3rd; flipped, B up to G is a minor 6th. A flipped chord turns into its inversion.
Hear it flip:
Who is playing
You play
One board, one phone. Ebony moves first; pass the phone each turn.
Open a room and send its word. The first two in play — Ebony and Ivory — and anyone else watches.
Got a word from a friend?
How you play
How to play
- The classic rules. Ebony moves first. Put a disc down so that it traps a straight line of the other colour — across, down or diagonally — between it and one of your own. Every trapped disc flips to your colour. No move that traps anything? You pass. When neither side can move, the most discs wins.
- The music. Every square holds a note of G major. When a line flips, the disc you placed and the disc at the far end sound together — then the bottom note jumps up an octave and you hear the interval upside down. A 3rd turns into a 6th, a 4th into a 5th, a 2nd into a 7th: the numbers always add to 9. Major turns minor, minor turns major, augmented turns diminished, and perfect stays perfect.
- Chords flip too. Turn a chord's bottom note to the top and it is inverted: G B D (root position) → B D G (first inversion) → D G B (second inversion).
- Ears, in four levels. Say it, flip it: hear an interval with its name and say what it becomes. By ear: hear it and name its inversion. On the stave: read it and name its inversion. Turn the chord: hear a chord — root position, first or second inversion? Get it right and your discs flip; get it wrong and your turn passes.
- Who. Just me, against the computer at three levels. Same device: two players on one board. Online room: two players, and anyone else can watch.